Code completion to in Android Studio

Question

A question about the editor, I am not sure how to briefly phrase the question so I could not find an answer

I have just moved from Eclipse to Android Studio on the Mac.

If in a layout file, I start typing android:au, assuming I want to choose autotext see screenshot

How can I get the completion to go upto the "to" of "auto". So that I just have to type the T and then enter to choose autoText.

Since there are no options without the "to" I should be allowed to select it.

Please let me know if my explanation is not clear enough

Solution 1

Intellij (Studio) parses the whole text to search for your input characters by default. If you type "Text", it should show "autoText" in the options by default. You don't have to configure anything for this behavior.

It will give preference to exact matches though, so if you type in "Text" with a capital T, you're more likely to get the correct result than typing "text" with a small t.

You can change these preferences in:

Settings(or Preferences in mac)->Editor->Code Completion

Solution 2

You can set 'Case sensitive completion' to 'None' in IDE Settings > Editor > Code Completion.

Solution 3

in Android studio open File----> Setting (Ctrl + Alt + S) you can use this shortcut

from Setting open Editor --->General --> Code Completion -- > change Case Sensitive Completion to None

look at image below

Solution 4

make sure to disable "power save mode" in your File >> Power save mode.

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Comments

[RBT]

Related post - IntelliJ IDEA 12 code completion without capitalisation

[Jigar]

In Android Studio go for File > Settings >Editor > General >Code Completion and then select None for "Case Sensitive Completion"

[AlexeyGorovoy]

Or in both IDEA and Android Studio just press Ctrl+Alt+S and type "case" to access this option :)

[Brent Larsen]

In the version I'm running (2016.2.2), its under Settings->Editor->General->Code Completion.

[driftwood]

that was driving me nuts until I realized this has to be configurable. Thanks for the answer!

[sky91]

For Android Studio 3, 'Case Sensitive Completion' option doesn't exist. Untick 'Match Case' checkbox will be the alternative solution.